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January 17 20122012-01-17A photograph of an outdoor procession on a decorated wooden palanquin with turquoise and red painted posts. Two deity murtis are seated under heaped garlands of yellow marigolds, red and white flowers, with a gold-toned canopy overhead. In front, a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti lifts a burning camphor flame on a plate for aarti. Around him, men in shirts and a uniformed police officer stand or sit near offering plates of fruit and flowers and a brass kalasha. Smoke rises above the scene.2021-01-16June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesJanuary 12 20152015-01-12June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesA festival procession on a decorated wooden ratha with a red roof and blue-green pillars, carrying deity murtis garlanded with thick marigold and rose strands. A shirtless priest in white dhoti holds a flame over the deities while standing on the ratha. Brass vessels of fruit and offerings sit on a tray at the front. Several men stand or sit on the ratha, including a uniformed police officer in khaki at the right, and devotees with bare heads in the foreground. Trees and a red wall are in the background. The ratha base shows the printed Tamil text ஸ்ரீ விநாயகர்.2021-01-16A street procession on a decorated wooden ratha or palanquin with a red and yellow roof, teal and red pillars, and banks of marigold and red flower garlands. A bare-chested priest in a teal dhoti stands on the platform arranging garlands, while a second bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a red border leans in from below. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands at the right side. Men in yellow headcloths, a man in a red turban, and devotees holding fruit trays and flowers gather at the base. Trees line the road behind them.2021-01-16December 24 20112011-12-24January 16 20212021-01-16December 09 20112011-12-09December 05 20112011-12-05January 16 20212021-01-16